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Gerry Adams understood he was hopeful the federation would blot a step amend hip the process in lieu of amend hip the regionSTORY HIGHLIGHTSInternational leaders urge ETA to abandon violence in lieu of goodETA has been waging a violent campaign in lieu of a Basque homeland in lieu of decadesKey players were not by the side of the federation on MondayThe Spanish government says lone a best statement to violence is more than wish doMadrid A come together of international leaders, together with Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams and ex- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, called Monday in lieu of the Basque terrorist come together ETA to abandon violence permanently.We call in the lead ETA to force to a broadcast declaration of a authoritative cessation of all armed engagement and to apply for talks with the governments of Spain and France to direct exclusively the penalty of the conflict, understood a junction statement read aloud by earlier Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern.Flanked by the other leaders, he spoke clothed in San Sebastian, a principal Basque city clothed in northern Spain, by the close of a one-day league aimed by spurring silence clothed in the troubled region.If such a declaration is made, Ahern continued, we urge the governments of Spain and France to long-awaited it and assent to talks exclusively to deal with the penalty of the conflict.ETA, listed at the same time as a terrorist organization by the European Union, Spain and the United States, is blamed pro extra than 800 deaths trendy its protracted fight pro Basque self-rule to live imprinted dated of a section of northern Spain and southwestern France.ETA called a one-sided eternal cease-fire final January, raising hopes again indoors Spain so as to an ending might subsist not quite to the decades of ETAs car bombings and point-blank shootings.